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I have been tracking how much I have been spending on raising these cuttles. The bottom line is that for the first 3.5 months (14 weeks), it has cost a little more than $1 per day per cuttle. I am raising 8 cuttles which is a lot of cuttles. I am sure this would be cheaper with only a few cuttles. As you start to need more and more food, the shipping costs go way up because of the volume and weight of the water required to ship the larger number of creatures.
The cost details are below. I have not been supplementing with food I caught myself and I have been a little over zealous feeding them. I also have raised them almost entirely on live foods (instead of frozen) that must be shipped via overnight/2 day air, so these shipping costs are included. If I decide to raise another batch, I plan to try some ways to offset the costs a bit, so I would consider what I have below a worse case scenario.
$129.78 11/29/2012 Eggs
$96.63 11/29/2012 250 Mysids (1-day shipping)
$126.39 12/18/2012 500 Mysids (1-day shipping)
$126.39 1/8/2013 500 Mysids (1-day shipping)
$148.50 1/18/2013 250 P. Vulgaris (2-day shipping)
$137.26 2/7/2013 200 P. Vulgaris (2-day shipping)
$137.26 3/1/2013 200 P. Vulgaris (2-day shipping)
$166.33 3/15/2013 200 P. Vulgaris (1-day shipping)
4/5/2013 (Assuming 3 weeks Supply from 3/15 order)
$1,068.54 Total Cost
126 Total Days
$8.48 Cost/Day
$1.06 Cost/Day/Cuttle (8 cuttles)
The cost details are below. I have not been supplementing with food I caught myself and I have been a little over zealous feeding them. I also have raised them almost entirely on live foods (instead of frozen) that must be shipped via overnight/2 day air, so these shipping costs are included. If I decide to raise another batch, I plan to try some ways to offset the costs a bit, so I would consider what I have below a worse case scenario.
$129.78 11/29/2012 Eggs
$96.63 11/29/2012 250 Mysids (1-day shipping)
$126.39 12/18/2012 500 Mysids (1-day shipping)
$126.39 1/8/2013 500 Mysids (1-day shipping)
$148.50 1/18/2013 250 P. Vulgaris (2-day shipping)
$137.26 2/7/2013 200 P. Vulgaris (2-day shipping)
$137.26 3/1/2013 200 P. Vulgaris (2-day shipping)
$166.33 3/15/2013 200 P. Vulgaris (1-day shipping)
4/5/2013 (Assuming 3 weeks Supply from 3/15 order)
$1,068.54 Total Cost
126 Total Days
$8.48 Cost/Day
$1.06 Cost/Day/Cuttle (8 cuttles)